Re-Entry Ambador
Re-Entry Ambador
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Job Description
Summary of Position
Reporting to the Program Director the ReEntry Program Ambador s duties include essing participant s needs listening to concerns inspiring motivation problemsolving information giving referrals to community agencies and coordination of care with providers. Ambadors work with participants to build empathetic relationships and formulate supportive plans and provide community support that best serves the unique goals and needs of the individual centering on principles of restorative justice and healing. This position is parttime nonexempt up to 29 hours a week.
Essential Responsibilities
ist participants in navigating the following systems:
Community Connection
Development of and referral to different community support groups depending on the participant s social needs.
isting people with connecting to leisure and recreation activities meetups social groups etc.
Engaging participants in relationships and providing guidance on building positive support networks.
Provide any referrals to mental health providers substance use treatment or other mental health programs as requested by participants.
Education
ist individuals with the processes of engaging in education (GED programming higher education).
istance navigating FAFSA and other financial and educational needs.
Housing
ist participants with the entire housing process from transitional to permanent housing.
Provide referrals and connection to transitional housing as needed.
Provide istance with rent and other housing related needs.
Provide istance with connection to permanent housing including connecting to property management istance with rental applications and security and application deposits.
istance with connection to housing istance programs.
Providing istance and support with eviction and other housing issues as needed.
Provide connection to community resources for housing advocacy or legal services as needed.
Basic Needs
ist participants with housing items clothing hygiene furniture including referrals to Habitat for Humanity groceries childcare etc.
istance navigating Department of Licensing obtaining license testing paying fines
Connecting people with agencies to help with LFO s or other debt.
istance navigating healthcare systems food stamps WIC and other county programs.
Legal Services
Providing letters of support to the Courts for participants as needed.
Provide istance as needed with navigating probation and probation conditions
Speak publicly and represent participants in hearings (Including clemency hearings resentencing hearings board hearings and family and custody hearings).
Employment
istance with resume and cover letter writing.
Provide connection to employers and ist with the process of job application.
Outreach to employers to advocate for interviews and employment for program participants
Conduct mock interviews
ist with writing and speaking about conviction(s)
Referrals to apprenticeship programs training programs and istance with payment.
Requirements
Desired qualifications for this position:
- Lived experience with the criminal legal system policing jail state supervision. We believe in a peerled model and value the lived experience of those most impacted by the system.
- Case management experience
- Connected to resources in the community
- Experience navigating and/or working with or in the criminal legal system
- Certification in CPR and First Aid
- Driver s License a personal vehicle and car insurance. Travel throughout the community and to visit participants in person is required for this position
- Ability to prioritize workload and daily activities and complete tasks in a timely manner.
- Ability to set boundaries resolve conflicts and deescalate issues.
- Ability to work under pressure receptive to change willing to learn with a cooperative approach to problemsolving.
- Ability to elish and maintain effective working relationships with staff participants and outside contacts.
- Commit to understand deeply and seek to dismantle the systems of oppression impacting communities of color
- Value the intrinsic worth of young people and their unlimited potential
- Maintain a restorative justice orientation in relationship to staff partners and participants
- Be a selfaware (know your strengths and weaknesses) engaged and adaptable team player
- Take ownership of projects be selfmotivated and practice independent problem solving
- Be flexible about changing priorities and manage competing deadlines
- Observe the highest level of discretion in protecting confidential information and preserving database security
- Practice excellent oral and written communication especially proactive communication
- Exercise a willingness and ability to execute routine administrative procedures and tasks
- Basic knowledge of mainstream office software such as G Suite email and calendar scheduling tools
Benefits
Benefits
- Flexible schedule
- Employee istance Program
Qualifications: Experience working with at-risk youth, particularly those involved in the criminal legal system. Knowledge of the challenges faced by BIPOC communities in Seattle. Strong understanding of trauma-informed care, et-based approaches, and various theutic odologies. Excellent communication and interpersonal ss, with the ability to build trust and rapport. Cultural competency and sensitivity to diverse populations. Valid driver s license and ability to transport participants as needed. Proficiency in using technology for virtual programming and record-keeping.
Employment Type
Full Time
